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Canada Del Oro Mine

Past Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026815
MRDS ID M000398
Record type Site
Current site name Canada Del Oro Mine
Alternate or previous names Old Hat Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.78762, 32.54789 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 4 TO 10 MILES S OF ORACLE, 16 TO 29 MILES N OF TUSCON, ALONG CANADA DEL ORO CREEK, Utm's At One Point Along The Creek

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oracle(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010S;010S 014E;015E 3,10,15 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR NW BASE OF SANTA CATALINA MOUNTAINS INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1965)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result AU FINENESS AVERAGES ABOUT 905

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.78762, 32.54789
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Source Of Au: Quartz Veins In The Vicinity Of Copeland, Kerr, And Metas

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Oracle District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY PRODUCTION BY THE SPANIARDS BEFORE 1903. DURING 1932-1933 AVERAGE DAILY RETURNS FOR 30 MEN WAS ABOUT 50 CENTS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on development

  • DURING 1931-1932 GRAVELS WERE WORKED IN THE LOWER CANADA. NO PRODUCTION DATA AVAILABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 132, ARIZONA GOLD PLACERS AND PLACERING, 1932, P. 59-61.

  • Deposit

    ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 142, ARIZ. GOLD PLACERS AND PLACERING, 1937, P 74-77.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 132

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EQUAL VALUE DEPOSIT FROM SURFACE TO BEDROCK. AVERAGE THICKNESS 150 FEET. RANGED FROM 6 TO 252 FEET THICK. DEPOSIT GENERALLY LOOSE UNCEMENTED GRAVEL, WITH ALTERNATING DEEP RED, CLAYEY STRATA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-81 Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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